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Uncharted is a series of action-adventure cinematic video games where you mount objects, photograph things and solve puzzles. It's a game where Nathan Drake, the protagonist you play, gets shot
a lot.
If you've ever played a video game involving guns, you're probably aware that the screen fills with red is an easy way for game developers to say "YOU ARE GIVING DAMAGE!"
Until today, I thought that was true of all the games where one was getting shot at. It turns out that when it comes to Uncharted, I am completely wrong.
Jonathan Cooper, a developer of the Uncharted Naughty Dog developer, explained Sunday on Twitter that when he joined the team, he learned the startling truth. It's a mega-swing! Sidenote I learned by joining the team: Drake never suffers bullet damage. The red user interface that shows "hits" is to represent his "luck" short. Eventually, the enemies will get a clear shot and kill him if he takes enough casualties. https://t.co/byzVKYXVe7
– Jonathan Cooper (@GameAnim) 8 July 2018
"Drake never gets bullet damage," tweeted Cooper.
That's right. When you see the red ring encroaching in an Uncharted game, this is not Drake being physically hit with bullets. It's his "chance to miss". As Cooper explains: "The enemies will eventually have a chance to shoot and kill him if he catches up with a sufficient number of failures."
Red represents the missing balls Drake
This changes everything.
To really consolidate this as truth and not just Cooper pulling his legs for a cheeky laugh, Amy Hennig, original writer and creative director of the Uncharted series, dropped, declaring that "the original intent" of the choice of Design was to stay more in tune with the spirit and tone of the movies we were having partying. "
True! It was the original intention (to stay more in tune with the spirit and tone of the movies we were celebrating.)
– Amy Hennig (@amy_hennig) July 8, 2018
Uncharted is wearing these tributes on his sleeve, with connections to films such as the iconic Indiana Jones series appearing from the opening credits, so even though this explanation explains the reasoning behind Uncharted's "luck" system, that does not make me less surprised.
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